Multiple Award Schedules Program

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U.S. federal government contracting vehicle governmentwide acquisition program indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract program

The Multiple Award Schedules Program is a U.S. federal government contracting vehicle that provides pre-negotiated, long-term governmentwide contracts for commercial products and services to streamline procurement.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Multiple Award Schedule	4
Multiple Award Schedule Program	2
Multiple Award Schedule program	2
Multiple Award Schedules Program canonical	2
GSA Schedules (Multiple Award Schedules)	1
IT Schedule 70 (historical designation)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T512005 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Multiple Award Schedules Program
Context triple: [U.S. General Services Administration, hasPart, Multiple Award Schedules Program]

A. High Priority Grant Program
The High Priority Grant Program is a federal funding initiative that supports projects to improve commercial motor vehicle safety, enforcement, and technology across the United States.
B. HUBZone Program
The HUBZone Program is a federal initiative that helps small businesses in historically underutilized business zones gain preferential access to government contracting opportunities to stimulate economic development in those areas.
C. New Markets Tax Credit Program
The New Markets Tax Credit Program is a U.S. federal initiative that incentivizes private investment in low-income communities by offering tax credits to investors in qualified community development projects.
D. Homeland Security Grant Program
The Homeland Security Grant Program is a federal funding initiative that supports state, local, tribal, and territorial efforts to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism and other threats.
E. Independent Task Force Program
The Independent Task Force Program is a Council on Foreign Relations initiative that convenes diverse experts to produce consensus-based policy reports on major foreign policy challenges facing the United States.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Multiple Award Schedules Program
Target entity description: The Multiple Award Schedules Program is a U.S. federal government contracting vehicle that provides pre-negotiated, long-term governmentwide contracts for commercial products and services to streamline procurement.

A. High Priority Grant Program
The High Priority Grant Program is a federal funding initiative that supports projects to improve commercial motor vehicle safety, enforcement, and technology across the United States.
B. HUBZone Program
The HUBZone Program is a federal initiative that helps small businesses in historically underutilized business zones gain preferential access to government contracting opportunities to stimulate economic development in those areas.
C. New Markets Tax Credit Program
The New Markets Tax Credit Program is a U.S. federal initiative that incentivizes private investment in low-income communities by offering tax credits to investors in qualified community development projects.
D. Homeland Security Grant Program
The Homeland Security Grant Program is a federal funding initiative that supports state, local, tribal, and territorial efforts to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism and other threats.
E. Independent Task Force Program
The Independent Task Force Program is a Council on Foreign Relations initiative that convenes diverse experts to produce consensus-based policy reports on major foreign policy challenges facing the United States.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. federal government contracting vehicle ⓘ governmentwide acquisition program ⓘ indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract program ⓘ
administeredBy	GSA Federal Acquisition Service ⓘ linked to: Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Federal Supply Schedules Program ⓘ GSA Schedules Program ⓘ MAS Program ⓘ Multiple Award Schedule ⓘ linked to: Multiple Award Schedules Program
benefits	pre-vetted contractors for government buyers ⓘ reduced administrative burden for agencies and vendors ⓘ streamlined competition procedures ⓘ volume-based discounts for government buyers ⓘ
category	public procurement program ⓘ
contractType	indefinite delivery contracts ⓘ indefinite quantity contracts ⓘ multiple-award schedule contracts ⓘ
duration	long-term contracts with option periods ⓘ
enables	faster award of orders compared to open-market procurement ⓘ
evaluationCriteria	pricing and discount structures ⓘ responsibility and past performance of offerors ⓘ
includes	GSA Schedule contracts ⓘ linked to: GSA Schedules Program category-specific schedules for products and services ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
legalBasis	Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 ⓘ GSA Acquisition Regulation ⓘ
managedBy	GSA contracting officers ⓘ
offers	commercial products ⓘ commercial services ⓘ long-term governmentwide contracts ⓘ pre-negotiated pricing for commercial items ⓘ
pricingBasis	commercial pricing with negotiated discounts ⓘ
procurementMethod	task orders and delivery orders ⓘ
purpose	to provide pre-negotiated contracts for federal agencies ⓘ to reduce procurement lead time and administrative costs ⓘ to streamline federal procurement of commercial products and services ⓘ
regulates	terms and conditions for schedule contractors ⓘ
requires	compliance with applicable federal procurement regulations ⓘ
scope	governmentwide ⓘ
supports	acquisition of IT products and services ⓘ acquisition of facilities and industrial products ⓘ acquisition of office supplies and equipment ⓘ acquisition of professional services ⓘ
usedBy	U.S. Department of Defense components ⓘ U.S. federal civilian agencies ⓘ linked to: U.S. federal agencies authorized government contractors ⓘ state and local governments under certain authorities ⓘ

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